Ice-cream test cup



Feb. 20, 1923.

1,445,789. 1.1. MGJONNlER.

fCE CREAM TEST CUF.

man JUNE 4,1918.

the upper limit of the cup contents.

' object is to construct `for varyin APatented Feb. 20, 1923.

UNITED STATES JULIUS JOHN MOJONNIER,

l MENTS, TO MOJONNIER ILLINOIS.

OF OAK PARK. ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR., BROS. CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS;

BY MESNE ASSIGN- A CORPORATION OF ron-CREAM 'msm CUP.

animation filed :une 4,

T 0 all whom t may cofnccwt:

Be it known that l, Jumus JoHN MoJoN- Ninn, a citizen of the United States. and a resident of Oak Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, -have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Ice-Cream Test Cups, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to ice cream test cups, having 'particular reference to test cups utilized for the purpose of determining the quantity or percentage of air in ice cream, and has for its object a cup wherein the volumetric content thereof may be de termined with minute accuracy through the agency of a wide outstanding flange at its upper end. This flange is constructed with sharp angles at its inner and outer edges and in service a spatula moved over the flange face readily removes all surplus material and accurately and uniformly determines Preferably the cu also has a minutely adjustable bottom by w ich the lower limit of the cup contents is variably determined. Another the.cup so that the material at the edges of the flange will not adhere thereto, but will readily drop ofi and will drop clear of the cup body. This is ac complished by employing a relatively wide outstanding flange, by having the flange faces meet at the outer edge in sharp angles and by causing the under flange face to recede rapidly rom the outer edge of the lage.

ith the above and other objects in view, as will be apparent, this invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a cup constructed in accordance with the present invention; i

Fig. 2 is a plan Iview thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a central vertical section taken along line 3--3 of Fig. 2 to illustrate the means for counterpoising the cup and also the volumetric content thereof without a ecting the welght.

Serial No. 238,183.

A cup of the character ot the present invention is fundamentally designed for use in laboratories or other places where very accurate determinations by weight are acA complished. Hence, to determine the contents of a cup accurately and positively by weight, the weight of the cup empty is deducted from the weight of the cup and its contents. The accuracy of this calculation is very obviously predicated upon knowledge of the exact weight of the cup empty. n view of the fact that even under extraordinary manufacturing conditions it has been practically and commercially impossible to produce a series of cups of this character. all of which will weigh approximately the same without any measurable or appreciable variance. and in view of the fact that in using cups it is impractical to individually weigh each cup each time it. has been used, a counterpoise individual to each particular cup has been provided so that by placing the empty cup on one side of the balance and its particular counterpoise on the other side of the balance.` the weight of one would exactly equalize the other. Thus the weight of the contentso any cu was accurately and exactly determined by the weight it was necessary to add to the counterpoise side of the balance to equalize the weight of the dish and its contents. The present invention is designed to provide a means whereby a standard weight maybe selected for all of the cups produced, and each cup brought to the exact standard by means of a counterpoise within the cup itself.

In the manufacture of icecream, the milk and cream used as well as the other ingredients which go to make up the mix, are in nearly all instances purchased by weight, whereas the product, viz, the ice cream, is sold by bulk. Therefore, the mix is whipped prior to or during the freezing s0 that it in creases in bulk by the admission and mixture of air therein. Hence by weighing a given volume of miv and later weighing t e same volume of ice cream, the loss in the weight of this same volume determines the amount of air in the product. The present invention is part of an apparatus especially designed for testing the overrun 0r amount of air in ice cream, and in view of the variance in the specific gravity, a given weight, for instance 500 grams, of differentr mixtures, will occupy different volumes. and hence it is necessary to vary the volumetric content of ,the cup constituting the present invention. This cup is used primarily to receive five hundred grams by weight of mix, which will occupy a certain given and determined volume within the cup. Then during the freezing process the'cup is again filled with the product, viz, ice cream, and again weighed. By comparing the weight of the mix to the weight of the same volume of ice cream, the percentage of air in the ice cream is accurately determined.

eference being had more particularlyv to the drawings, 10 designates thecylindrical body of the cup provided with an outstanding horizontal flange 11 at the upper end thereof, the outer surf-'ace ot said Harige beinfr coplanar with the upper terminal of the cylindrical body 10 of the cup. At its lower end of the cylindrical body 10 of the `cup is interiorly threaded as at 12 for cti-operating with the threads 13 formed on the Harige 14 which extends laterally and circumferentially from the bottom 15 of the cup. The outer edge of this flange 14 is provided with diametrically opposed recesses 16 whereby a tool may be engaged and the flange and bottom rotated Iwithin the cup, thereby changin the position of the bottom 15 relative to the cylindrical body 10 of the cup, by means of the threads 12 and 13. After the botto-m 15 has been properly adjusted and positioned, the same is retained from movement by means of the locking ring 1T o erable on the threads 13 of the flanf'e 14 w ereby it may be rotated on said flange to bear against the lower end of the cylindrical body 10 to lock the bottom 15 and flange 14 'from movement. The exterior surface of this locking ring 17 is knurled as at 18 in order that it may be readily grasped and adjusted.

In order to manipulate the cup, a handle 19 is formed thereon adjacent to the flange 11 said handle mergin r into said flange, but not in any way inter ering with the plane outer surface of said flange. This handle 19 is provided with a minates in an inwardl f extending orificed flange 21 at the outer terminal of said handle. The'orifice of this Harige 21 is internally threaded for cooperation with the threads on the shank 22, which acts as a. closure for said orifice, and eonsecpuentlyl for the cavity 20 of the handle 19. An operating head 23 is provided for the shank 22 and is provided w1th a knurled periphery 24 whereby the same may be readily operr obtaining access to the cavity in the handle or preventing access thereto,

cavity 20 which ter-l By the provision of the adjustable bottom 15 for the cylindrical body l() of the cup, the volumetric content of' the cup above said bottom 15 may he readily varied Within the limits of adjustment ot' said bottom without affecting the Weight of the cup in anv manner whatsoever.

he cavity 20 of the -handle 19 is pro vided for the purpose of counterpoising the cup in order that a standard Weight for the cup may be ac uired and maintained. .By removing thc ank 22 from the orifice of the flange 21, lead or other wei hty material in any desired or practical frm may be placed in the cavity 2O of the handle 19, thus bringing the weight ot the entire structure up to a predetermined and given standard.

In the mani ulation of the cup the flange 11 is provided and it will be noted Jfrom the drawings that this flange 11 is relatively wide, for the purpose of preventing any dripping from the top of the cup to the exterior wall of the body of the cup, and also to provide an accurateguide for a spatula used in leveling the contents of the cup even with the outer surface of the flange.

In this manner even a slight -variance in the volumetric content of the cup above the bottom 15 is prevented, because by using a spatula operating against the outer surface of the flange 11 the contents will always be fixed`l at the same predetermined level.

That isv claimed is:

1. A cupl comprising an upright body having a closed bottom at its lower end and a relatively wide outstanding Harige at its upper end. the upper face of said flange lying in a horizontal plane whereby a spatula may be used to readily strike oft' all materialextending above said plane, said upper face meeting the inner surface of the body in a sharp angle whereby a clean and uniform cnt is made each time the spatula is used and the amount of material left in the cup is thereby accurately and uniformlydeterrnined, ,the under face of said Harige receding rapidly from the outer edge of the flange and leaving a relatively thin outer edge and the outer surface of the ed meeting said upper and 'under fiange ces in sharp angles whereby any surplus material at the edge of the flange readily drops from the flange and drops clear of the 2. An adjusta le measuring ing an upright body, a bottom having a. nice threaded adjustment in said body whereby the lower limit'xof the cup contents may be minutely and accurately determined, a. relatively wide outstanding flange at the upper end of said body, the upper face of said flange lying in a horizontal plane whereby cup compris- :1 spatula muy be nsofl tn rmnlily strike n|l` n'lateriul extending :lliure said plzlnv tn (l0Y tvrmiuex lluupper limit, 0i" H10 u|1 rr1nt0nl` said upper fau-0 and tho inner url`zu0 of the container moviing' :1t u sharp ung'lv to insure a lean cut b v t'luspatula with :1 resulting' :1e-curate :unil uniform cup mntenl. and the lower face of the flange recedingr rapidly from H10 outer :rml the poriplmrzil 'Favo mi Suid edge meet- 10 ing; both flange fzwcs in sharp angles wher?u lrv tlm .'llrpluis` material :it tlm odge nf the Hangt* rwnlil)v drops from th( flange and drops Clear 01" the body.

mlge of the flange JULIUS JOHN MOJUNNIER.

Certificate of Correction.

It is hereb certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,445,789, granted February 20. 1923, upon t e application of Julius John Mojonnier, of Oak Park, Illinois, for an improvement in Ice-Cream Test Culf, en error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: age 2, line 25, strike out the word of rst occurrence; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed tl1is'20th day of March, A. D., 1923.

[smc] KARL FENNING,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

